Three destitute beachcombers in Tahiti take charge of a schooner under false pretenses meaning to sell its cargo of champagne, and find the island they're sent to is ruled by a deranged, charismatic trader with his own designs on them.
Books mentioned in The Ebb-Tide (1)
A Thousand and One Nights: “I am a magician out of the Arabian Nights, and this mat that I have under my arm is the original carpet of Mohammed Ben Somebody-or-other.”
Books that mention The Ebb-Tide (1)
Light, Wind and Dreams by Atsushi Nakajima: “Lloyd, the stepson, has picked up the habit of writing fiction himself. Now that they live together at Vailima, a plan is made for a new joint work, The Ebb-Tide. [auto-translated]”